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Gujarat’s BJP MLA from Manjalpur, Yogesh Patel, died connected Tuesday (June 2, 2026) astatine the property of 79 pursuing a cardiac ailment. He was undergoing attraction astatine Sterling Hospital successful Vadodara, wherever helium was admitted 2 days ago.
A seasoned BJP leader, Patel served arsenic a legislator for 36 years and was elected to the Gujarat Assembly 8 consecutive times, starting from 1990.
Patel represented the Manjalpur Assembly constituency since 2012 and was re-elected successful 2017 and 2022. Before shifting to Manjalpur, helium was elected from the Raopura constituency successful 2002 and 2007.
The seasoned MLA served arsenic Minister of State for Narmada and Urban Housing successful the authorities led by then-Chief Minister Vijay Rupani.
Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel expressed grief implicit Patel’s decease successful a station connected X. “He remained committed to the work of the federation and the radical and earned a spot successful the hearts of mean citizens. I commune that God grants bid to his psyche and gives spot to his household and supporters to carnivore this loss,” the Chief Minister said.
માંજલપુરના ધારાસભ્ય યોગેશભાઈ પટેલના નિધન પર દુઃખની લાગણી વ્યક્ત કરું છું.
રાષ્ટ્રસેવા અને જનસેવાના કાર્યોમાં તેઓ અવિરત કર્તવ્યરત રહ્યા હતા અને સામાન્યજનના હૃદયમાં આગવું સ્થાન પ્રાપ્ત કર્યું હતું.
ઈશ્વર તેમના આત્માને શાંતિ આપે અને શોકગ્રસ્ત પરિવાર તથા સમર્થકોને આ દુઃખ સહન…
Gujarat BJP president Jagdish Vishwakarma condoled Patel's demise and said his publication to nationalist work and the enactment would ever beryllium remembered.
"The quality of the demise of Yogesh Patel, a elder person of the Bharatiya Janata Party and the MLA from Manjalpur, is highly heart-breaking. His publication to nationalist work and the organisation implicit decades volition ever beryllium remembered," helium said successful a statement.
(With PTI inputs)
